Job Description:
Mars: Where your Tomorrow Starts Today!
Mars is a family-owned business that has been making products for people and their pets for more than 100 years. We’re behind some of the best loved brands in the world including MARS®, SNICKERS®, EXTRA®, ECLIPSE®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, DOLMIO®, BEN’S ORIGINAL ® MASTERFOODS ® and ROYAL CANIN® ORIJEN® ACANA® we are dedicated to making a positive impact on people and the planet.
Join us in building a sustainable future where people, communities, and the planet can truly thrive.
About the role: This role will be working for our Mars Pet Nutrition segment, where we make life better for pets and their owners
If you're energized by turning insights into impact and want to help shape how a major FMCG business drives profitable growth, this is your opportunity. In this role, you’ll sit at the heart of commercial strategy, pricing, and portfolio performance - helping us win with consumers, customers, and the bottom line.
Role Title: Price and Promotion Manager
Location: Auckland
Hours: Permanent, full time, hybrid
Reporting to: Strategic Revenue Management Director
What you’ll do:
Lead the creation of the trade promotional investment budgets to deliver the overall business growth strategy
Support the Local market Pricing Council, including integration and co-ordination of fact-based recommendations and measure how they align to the overall business and pricing strategy
Support the execution, planning and management of agreed Pricing Strategy for the Brand/Portfolio
Drive ‘Mix for Growth’, optimizing portfolio Product Mix plans by integrating consumer, customer/channel and financial performance in setting annual mix targets.
Your unique ingredients:
Degree-qualified with strong analytical and commercial foundations, FMCG/consumer goods experience preferred
Proven pricing expertise — including pricing strategy, analysis, and in-market implementation.
Strong commercial, financial, and P&L understanding, with the ability to identify growth and efficiency opportunities.
Strategic thinker who delivers, able to turn insights into action and confidently engage senior leaders with clear, simplified recommendations.
Collaborative influencer with a can-do mindset, skilled in cross-functional partnerships, problem-solving, and motivating stakeholders to drive continuous improvement.
Why you’ll love working for Mars:
Purpose: Help craft beloved brands with a legacy of over 100 years of local manufacturing making products that people and pets will love all while helping to build a more sustainable future.
People: A culture that values your contributions, fosters leadership, and recognises the impact you make. Your work truly matters here.
Development: Shape your career with personalised development and real opportunities to grow from day one.
Enjoy a team and business environment that is invested in helping you manage and grow your energy for work and life.
Mars is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Skills Required
- Degree-qualified with strong analytical and commercial foundations
- Proven pricing expertise including pricing strategy, analysis, and in-market implementation
- Strong commercial, financial, and P&L understanding
- Experience in FMCG/consumer goods (preferred)
- Ability to turn insights into action and engage senior leaders with clear recommendations
- Collaborative influencer with strong cross-functional partnership and problem-solving skills
Mars Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mars and has not been reviewed or approved by Mars.
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Healthcare Strength — The benefits package is positioned as comprehensive, with broad medical coverage and additional protections like life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Mental health support is emphasized, including free mental health services and wellbeing programming under initiatives such as Mars Be Well.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is highlighted as market-leading in the U.S., with an example of 18 weeks fully paid for both parents. Additional family-related leave types such as sick time for caregiving and bereavement leave are also described as part of the overall package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are described as strong, including 401(k) matching (with a 6% match cited) and pension plans in some cases. The broader package also references retirement savings options and contributions aligned to local market practice, supporting long-term financial security.
Mars Insights
What We Do
For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us. Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of confectionery, food, and petcare products and services, we employ 133,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’s®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our pet health services AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, Pet Partners™, and VCA™. We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive.
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